Stories from Kara Scharwath
Sponsored
The Rise Of The Sharing Economy
Top 10 Crowdfunding Sites
For more information, check out our series on the rise of the sharing economy. Whether he knew it or not, […]
July 16, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Ben & Jerry's Co-Founder Wants to Occupy Your Wallet
Ben & Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield are certainly no strangers to political activism. Nor are they afraid to […]
June 15, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Carbon Offsets from Wind and Clean Cookstoves Increased in 2011
The debate around the ethics and effectiveness of individuals and businesses purchasing carbon credits as a means to lower their carbon […]
June 11, 2012
Energy
Movie Review: The American Dream for Environmentalists
Last week on the opening night of this year’s Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, I attended the premier of “A Green […]
June 7, 2012
Sponsored
The Rise Of The Sharing Economy
RelayRides Accident Raises Concerns about Liabilities of Access Economy
Call it whatever you like – the sharing economy, collaborative consumption, the peer-to-peer marketplace, the access economy – but there […]
April 25, 2012
Energy
World's Largest Rooftop Farm Coming to Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood will soon be home to a 100,000 square foot, multi-acre rooftop farm that will produce a […]
April 19, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Simple Tool Helps Companies Address Water Risks
As water stewardship moves increasingly into the business spotlight, companies are looking for information and resources to help them understand […]
April 5, 2012
Energy
Chipotle Refuses to Sign Popular Farm Worker Protection Agreement
With it’s decision to air a melodic, tear jerker of an ad showing the pitfalls of factory farming, and commitment […]
April 2, 2012
Finance
With Senate Bill Passage Crowdfunding Legalization On the Horizon
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved legislation that will legalize crowdfunding and allow the general public to make equity investments […]
March 24, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Harley-Davidson Embraces Sustainability, but Will Its Customers?
At the Green Energy Summit that took place earlier this month in its home city of Milwaukee, Harley-Davidson President Matt […]
March 22, 2012
Technology
Eco Treasure Hunts: Employee Engagement that Gets Results
In the realm of corporate sustainability and social responsibility, employee engagement has become a very popular topic. Companies are looking […]
March 16, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Bad Karma: $100K Plug-in Hybrid Dies Before Consumer Reports Can Test It
You know those days that are just so bad you wish you hadn’t even bothered to get out of bed? […]
March 13, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
4 Reasons Why Companies Should Embrace Their Flaws
In its monthly trend briefing for March, the consumer trend tracking firm Trendwatching is covering a new trend that demonstrates why businesses […]
March 9, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
BP Cuts a Deal on the Deepwater Horizon Spill
Just days before BP was set to go to trial with a group of more than 100,000 plaintiffs, the company […]
March 6, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Whole Foods, Costco, PF Chang's Tied to Squid Fishing Slave Labor
What do Whole Foods and P.F. Chang’s have in common? Not much, except for the fact that both may be making calamari out […]
February 28, 2012
Energy
Are McDonald's Golden Arches Losing Their Luster?
Do you ever eat McDonald’s? If so, chances are you aren’t bragging about it to your friends. A recent report from […]
February 27, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Proof that Disclosing Carbon Emissions Increases Stock Prices
A new study by the University of California provides evidence that companies that publicly announce information about their carbon emissions […]
February 24, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Honest By: New Fashion Label with 100% Transparency Policy
A few months ago, I covered the launch of a pioneering sustainable fashion website, Source4Style, which helps fashion designers find sustainably produced textiles. Recently, the […]
February 20, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Chipotle's Anti-Factory-Farm Ad Captures Hearts and Changes Minds
The Super Bowl is well known for expensive, flashy commercials that tend to be even more highly anticipated than the […]
February 17, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Bill Gates Supports Controversial Climate Change Plan
With the help of a group of very wealthy and well known individuals, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Chairman […]
February 15, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Walmart Knows What's Good for You
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to develop a label to certify foods that meet specific health criteria, but […]
February 10, 2012
Voices for Change
Unilever Launches Foundation to Help One Billion People
Over the past year, we’ve covered much of Unilever’s sustainability progress, including a goal to double it’s renewable energy purchases and […]
February 7, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Suppliers Lag Behind in Reducing Carbon Emissions
For most large global companies, carbon tracking and management has become standard practice. Organizations that started working to reduce their […]
February 6, 2012
Voices for Change
This Year's Super Bowl Will Be "Super Green"
For the past 18 years, the NFL has been working to decrease the environmental footprint of the largest annual sporting […]
February 2, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
LA's Transition to a Greener Economy
This post was submitted for the United Nations World Environment Day blogging competition sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Please […]
January 31, 2012
Energy
Mayor Works to Bring Clean Tech to Los Angeles
At the VerdeXchange Marketmakers Conference that took place in downtown Los Angeles this week, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave a keynote speech […]
January 26, 2012
Finance
Opposition Grows as Citizens United Turns Two
Last week marked the second anniversary of the landmark Citizens United vs. Federal Election Committee decision in which the Supreme Court […]
January 24, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Cisco Brings Smart Cities Within Reach
The concept of the smart city is one that holds a lot of promise and potential in terms of how […]
January 23, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Topshop or Sweatshop: Is Cheap Fashion Driving Cheap Labor?
Fashion is a funny thing. With its constantly evolving trends, marched out into stores season after season, it is difficult […]
January 17, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Sprint Sets the Bar for Sustainable Phone Design
At the highly anticipated Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas this week, Sprint, who earned the No. […]
January 16, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Humane Society Makes Strategic Stock Purchase in Major Fast Food Chain
In recent years, advocacy organizations like Greenpeace, PETA, and others have been able to leverage the stakeholder engagement trend and the power of social […]
January 12, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
AMEE Makes Carbon Footprinting Easier and More Fun
At first glance, AMEE, a venture-backed UK company launched in 2008, looks like any other carbon tracking and management provider. But […]
January 9, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Patagonia Founder First in Line to Register as Benefit Corporation
Since the dawn of corporate social responsibility, Patagonia has been it’s pioneer and poster child. The company was founded on […]
January 6, 2012
Finance
Mexican Stock Exchange Launches Sustainability Index
this article has been edited since it was first published. Mexico’s stock exchange recently announced the launch of its new sustainability index, […]
January 2, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Source4Style Makes Sustainable Materials Sourcing Fashionable
Since we covered the launch of her sustainable textiles sourcing platform Source4Style back in 2010 and saw her strutting her stuff at […]
December 30, 2011
Technology
Google's Top 10 Environmental Topics of 2011
As 2011 comes to close, Google has embarked on its annual exploration of the biggest news, trends and events that […]
December 28, 2011
Energy
Last Minute Holiday Gifts You Can Feel Good About
If you are like many people I know, you can’t help feeling a slight sense of guilt giving store bought, […]
December 22, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Kraft Study Proves Importance of Supply Chains In Sustainability Efforts
Kraft Foods, the second largest food producer in the world, recently announced the results of a survey measuring its climate impacts, […]
December 21, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
The Fight to End Corporate Personhood Heats Up
It’s been nearly two years since an intensely divided Supreme Court solidified the idea of corporate personhood by ruling that political […]
December 16, 2011
Finance
3 Emerging Trends in Employee Engagement
Two years ago, when the concept had just started to really gain traction, we reported the results of a survey […]
December 14, 2011
Energy
Water Will Be the Critical Limiting Factor of 21st Century Production
Morgan Stanley’s Global Investment Committee recently released a report in which it argues that the “perfect storm” of declining water supply […]
December 13, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Inconsistent Sustainability Rankings Create Reporting Burden for Companies
Last month KPMG released the results of a survey of corporate social responsibility reporting that found that 95 percent of […]
December 12, 2011
Voices for Change
Novo Nordisk Eliminates Animal Testing for Production Control
The pharmaceutical industry may not be particularly high profile in terms of its CSR efforts, but several drug makers are […]
December 7, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Time is Running Out: Nike’s Three Tips for Taking Sustainability to Scale
The following post is a part of TriplePundit’s coverage of the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles, California. To […]
November 21, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Opportunity Green Roundup: Perspectives from Heavy Hitters in CSR
The following post is a part of TriplePundit’s coverage of the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles, California. To […]
November 17, 2011
Energy
HydroPack: A Social Innovation that Saves Lives
The following post is a part of TriplePundit’s coverage of the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles, California. To […]
November 16, 2011
Energy
The BMW i3: Advancing Automotive Sustainability
The following post is a part of TriplePundit’s coverage of the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles, California. To […]
November 15, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Moving from Stakeholder Engagement to True Collaboration
The following post is a part of TriplePundit’s coverage of the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles, California. To […]
November 14, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Yves Béhar’s 7 Principles of Holistic Product Design
The following post is a part of TriplePundit’s coverage of the 2011 Opportunity Green Conference in Los Angeles, California. In […]
November 12, 2011